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Lewis, Frank Alphonse, son of Louis Lewis, of Hampstead, by Louise Esther, daughter of Alphonse Souhami, of Hampstead; b. Feb. 20, 1900; adm. Jan. 14, 1915 (H); left Dec. 1915; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Nov. 17, 1930; d. 7 Dec. 1985.

LEWIS, FRANCIS, only son of Morgan Lewis, Newport, Monmouthshire, and Mary, dau. of Francis Pettingal, Newport, Monmouthshire, Alderman of Newport; b. 21 Mar 1713/4; adm. (aged 16) Feb 1730/1; worked in counting house of London merchant; formed trading partnership with Richard Annesley, shipping goods to North America; emigrated to North America in 1738; settled in New York city c. 1740; merchant in business there to 1775; delegate to Provincial Convention and member of Committee of Fifty-One, New York 1774; delegate to Continental Congress 22 Apr 1775 – Nov 1779; signed Declaration of Independence 1776 as delegate for New York; member and subsequently chairman, Board of Admiralty 1779 – 17 Jul 1781; m. 1745 Elizabeth, sister of his business partner Richard Annesley; d. 31 Dec 1802.

LEWIS, FRANCIS WILLIAM, son of John Lewis (adm. 1725, qv); b.; adm. Jun 1770; KS (aged 15) 1775; Hertford Coll. Oxford, matr. 25 Mar 1779, aged 19; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1782; 2nd Lieut., 18 Jan 1783; attended OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783 (Hickey, Memoirs, iii, 245-6); d. at Dinajpur, Bengal 22 Oct 1788.

LEWIS, ERASMUS, son of Rev. George Lewis, Vicar of Abergwili, Carmarthenshire, and Margaret, dau. of Sir Thomas Stepney, Kt; bap 29 Apr 1671; adm.; KS 1686; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1690, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1690, aged 18, scholar 24 May 1691; BA 1693/4; Master of Free School, Sevenoaks, Kent 1696/7; travelled on Continent; Secretary to Earl of Manchester, Ambassador at Paris 1701; Chief Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office Jan – May 1702, Under-Secretary May 1704 – Sep 1714; Secretary to Embassy, Brussels, in 1708; MP Lostwithiel 1713-5; lost his official post when Whigs came into power 1714; subsequently employed as Steward to his former political patron Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford; friend of Swift, Pope, Gay, Arbuthnot and Matthew Prior (qv); m. 1 Oct 1724 Anne, widow of Thomas Bateman, St. Martin’s in the Fields, London (and stepmother of Edmund Bateman (qv)), and dau. of --- Jennings; d. 10 Jan 1754. Buried East Cloister, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

Lewis, Elydyn Alwyn Awbrey ab Gwylym, brother of David Lancelot Henry Jones Lewis (q.v.); b. Dec. 31, 1882; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (A); left Dec. 1900; 2nd Lieut. Sherwood Foresters May 23, 1906; retired June 5, 1909; d. Jan. 16, 1945.

Lewis, Edward Reginald Charles, brother of Frederic Isaac Harry Lewis (qv); b. 22 Aug. 1913; adm. May 1927 (A), (B) Sept. 1928; left July 1929; AA Sch. of Architecture, ARIBA 1936; 2nd Lieut. RE Feb. 1942, invalided June 1944; architectural dept GLC 1951-73, retd 1973; m. 1st 1938 Michal Augusta, d. of Mark Hambourg, pianist; 2nd Sept. 1968 Betty, d. of Alfred Burt, building contractor, of Poole, Dorset; d. 24 Oct. 1988.

LEWIS, EDMUND, son of Francis Lewis, London; bapt. St. Faith’s, London 24 Mar 1686 (IGI); adm.; QS (Capt. ) 1703; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1706, matr. 27 May 1706, aged 19, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1706 – void 1713; BA 1710; MA 1713; an Usher at the School 1710-3; ordained; Master of Kilkenny School, Ireland, from 1714; Prebendary of Ossory from 1719; Rector of Castlecomer, co. Kilkenny, from 1728; Prebendary of Lismore from 2 Dec 1742; lic. to m. 9 Oct 1713 Mary, second dau. of Rev. Heighes Woodforde BCL, Vicar of Epsom, Surrey; buried Kilkenny Jun 1743.

LEWIS, DAVID, son of Roger Lewis, Llanddewi Velfrey, Pembrokeshire; b.; at school under Busby (DNB, epitome, 772); Jesus Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Jan 1697/8, aged 16; BA 20 Mar 1701/2; MA 1713; an Usher at the School at 23 Jun 1713 (cf. Boswell, Life of Johnson, ed. G. B. Hill, iv, 307), still 1718; edited Miscellaneous Poems by Several Hands, 1726, dedicated by him to his former pupil Lord Charles Noel Somerset (qv), afterwards 4th Duke of Beaufort; author, Philip Of Macedon, 1727, a tragedy in blank verse dedicated to Pope; edited a second Collection of Miscellaneous Poems, 1730; m. Mary, fourth dau. of Newdigate Owsley, Leyton, Essex, merchant; buried Leyton, Essex 8 Apr 1760. DNB.

LEWIS, DAVID LANCELOT HENRY JONES, elder son of David Jones Lewis, Llwyncelyn, Carmarthenshire, barrister, and Elizabeth Marianne, only child of Rev. Henry James Davis, Vicar of Conwil-Cayo, Carmarthenshire; b. 8 Mar 1868; adm. 29 Jan 1881 (R); left Jul 1887; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Jun 1887; BA 1892; MA 1901; ordained 1893; Curate, St. John’s, Cardiff 1893-1900, Gresford, Denbighshire 1900-2; Rector of Michaelstone-super-Ely, Cardiff, Glamorgan, from 1902; m. 18 Jan 1898 Eva Catherine Isabella, eldest dau. of George Day Harrison, Bellevue, Ambleside, Westmorland; d. 25 Jun 1909.

LEWIS, CRAVEN, son of Thomas Lewis MP, St. Pierre, Monmouthshire, and his first wife Jane Rachel Becher, Hawberry [check], Gloucs.; bapt. St. Pierre 1 Aug 1729 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Apr 1738 (Watts'); left 1744; Cornet, 4th Dragoons 17 Nov 1746; m. 14 Oct 1752 Mary Langford, St. Clement Danes, London; living 1755.